FNUS75 KSLC 251635
FWSSLC

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1035 AM MDT TUE AUG 25 2009

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS IS STILL JUST TO THE
WEST OF YOUR SITE ALONG THE NEVADA-UTAH BORDER THIS MORNING WITH A
WEAK CIRCULATION AT THE SOUTHERN TIP NEAR ST. GEORGE. AS THIS
CIRCULATION MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST UTAH THROUGH THE
MIDDAY HOURS IT WILL SET OFF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
ONE SUCH SHOWER NEAR HURRICANE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AND SHOULD MOVE BY TO YOU NORTH IF IT HOLDS
TOGETHER...WHICH IS DOUBTFUL. BUT THE AIRMASS IS UNSTABLE ENOUGH
THROUGH ABOUT 1400 TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION. IN
THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS
WILL SET FOR THE AFTERNOON AND THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.TODAY...
  LAL.................2 UNTIL 1400...THEN 1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......960.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
                      ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
                      1400.
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
  MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....UPSLOPE 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN
                      THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........4 ..LOW.
  SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT CLOUD COVER)
                      UNTIL 2000...THEN CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT
                      CLOUD COVER).
  MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-47.
  MAX HUMIDITY........59-61 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
  LAL.................1.
  HAINES INDEX........5 ..MODERATE.
  CLEARING INDEX......430.
  SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT CLOUD COVER).
  MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
  MIN HUMIDITY........19-21 PERCENT.
  WINDS - 20-FOOT.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                      SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.



FORECASTER...STRUTHWOLF
REQUESTED BY...APRIL COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090825.BRIDG.01/SLC

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